Gate or end post and anchor therefor.



No. 743,250. 'PA'I'ENTED NOV. s, 1903.

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APPLICATION FILED JULY 11, 1902.

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NITED STATES Patented November 3, 1903.

PATENT OFFICE.

ADOLPI-IUS. HENRY COOK AND CHESTER ROBERT COOK, OF ALMIRA, AND WILLIAM HILLIARD I-IOOD, OF HAGERMAN, CANADA.

GATE OR END POST AND ANCHOR THEREFOR.

SIPECIFIGATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 743,250, dated November 3, 1903.

Application filed July 11 1902. Serial No. 115,227. (No model.)

T0 410% whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, ADOLPHUS HENRY 000K and CHESTER ROBERT COOK, of the villageof A1mira,andWILLIAMHILLIARDHOOD, of the village of Hagerman, in the county of York, in the Province of Ontario, Canada, all fencebuilders, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Gates or End Posts and Anchors Therefor, of which the following is a specification.

Our invention relates to improvements in gate or end posts and anchors therefor; and the object of the invention is to devise asimple form of post and means for adjusting the same so as to hold the uprights ofthe post perpendicular and it consists, essentially, of uprights provided with the usual side braces and inwardlyextending lengthwise braces, the said lengthwise braces being pivotally connected at the top to the uprights and at the bottom being provided with a pulley, suitable ratchet-wheels being journaled at the bottom of the uprights and a wire being con nected also to the bottom and extending over the pulley at the lower ends of the lengthwise-extending braces back to the ratchet and a suitable anchor being connected by a wire to the bottoms of the uprights forming the gate, the parts being arranged and constructed in detail, as hereinafter more particularly explained.

The drawing represents a perspective view of two gate or end posts constructed in accordance with our invention and set and anchored so as to receive a gate.

A A are the uprights, which are in double form, being bent at the top so as to form two parallel bars.

B represents the side braces, which are suitably riveted to the top of the uprights A and suitably held in the ground at the bottom at each side of the uprights. These side braces B hold the uprights so that their lower ends are substantially free from the ground and are free to be adjusted over the surface thereof.

C O are double braces, which are preferably made of angle-iron and are provided with upper slots 0, through which and through the bars of the uprights connecting-bolts c extend. The braces are cut away at O that is, their inclined flanges end somewhat short of their vertical webs or flanges.

c is a pulley journaled ona bolt or pin 0 extending through the bottom ends of the braces. The braces extend lengthwise of the fence and rest at the bottom upon a suitable cement block or stone 0.

D is a rectangular frame, in which is journaled a ratchet-drum d, having a coacting dog d.

a is a bolt extending through the bottom parallel bars of each upright A.

E is a wire of suitable strength, which is secured on the bolt a and passes around the pulley c and back over the ratchet-drum d, to which it is secured. The ratchet-drum is provided with a spindle (1 on the square end of which is designed to be inserted the end of a crank-handle, so that the ratchet-drum may be wound up or loosened, as may be desired.

F is a block which is wedge shape in form and rests against the inner side of the parallel bars of the uprights.

G is the anchor, made of a flat plate g,with a pointed lower end, and the reinforcing angleiron cross-barg', the upright portion of which extends down through the center of the plate and is suitably secured thereto, thereby materially strengthening the plate. The lower end of the angleiron cross-bar is arranged as indicated, and when the anchor is inserted in the ground, as shown, the horizontal portion serves to maintain the anchor in position in the ground.

H is a wire cord, which ,is suitably connected at the top to the anchor G and extends obliquely at each side to the-bottoms of the uprights, the ends of the wire cord being threaded and extending through the blocks F and being held in position by nuts f, as indicated.

It will be noticed that the uprights A have free lower ends in the sense that theydo not enter the ground, and they are thus free to be adjusted over the surface of the ground, and by means of the double braces O O and the wires E H and the anchor the upright post may be adjusted in proper position.

It will be seen from the construction hereinbefore describedthat by manipulating the ratchet-drum d the wire cord may be tightened, and thereby draw inwardly upon the lower end of the braces O O, and thus force out the upper end of the upright A, so as to bring it to the perpendicular. It will also be seen that the anchor G serves, by means of the wire cord H, to maintain the lower ends of the uprights normally in position, and thus serves to keep the bottom ends of the uprights where a gate is used at a definite distance apart. Wherea gate is used, also the upper ends maybe adjusted by means of the ratchetdrums d, as hereinbefore described, so that the posts may be always kept perpendicular.

In case there is only one post used and this is an end or corner post there will of course be only one wire H used to the anchor G.

It will be seen that on account of the peculiar construction of our post and the braces O O, slotted upper ends, and cut-away portions C that such braces may be raised or lowered so as to rest on the ground where such ground is higher or lower to the inside of the post. It will also be understood that of course the ordinary wires of a wire fence are designed to be suitably attached to the uprights A, so that the'pull of the top of the posts will be necessarily inwardly in the direction of the fence, and it is with the object of overcoming this pull and insuring of the posts being adjusted and kept in the perpendicular position that our invention is chiefly designed.

Although we describe the pulley as being applied on the lower end of the brace and the ratchet-drum as being applied to the lower end of the upright, it will of course be understood that the position of these parts may be reversed without departing from the spirit of our invention.

What we claim as our invention is 1. In combination, an upright post made up of two parallel bars, an inclined brace pivoted to the said parallel bars and also made up of two bars, a pnlley journaled between the two bars of the brace, a reach-wire doubled about the said pulley, a straining device supported on the lower end of the upright post, the said reach-wire passing between the bars of the post to the said straining device, substantially as described.

2. In combination, the upright post made in two parts, an inclined brace connected thereto, an anchor, a block supported on the upright post at the lower end thereof, a straining device also supported on the upright post on the opposite side of the same from the block, a reach extending from the said inclined brace between the bars of the upright post to the straining device and a connection from the anchor to the block, said connection extending between the parts of the upright post, substantially as described.

3. In combination, an upright, an anchor, a block having an inclined face and fitted against the vertical face of the upright with the inclined face outwardly, a reach extending straight from the inclined face to the anchor with means for adjustably connecting the reach to the said block, an inclined longitudinally-extending brace, a double wire attached at its free ends to the upright and having its intermediate portion connected with the inclined brace, the said block being arranged between the strands of the double wire whereby the strain of the brace and the double wire are applied approximately at the same point on the upright, substantially as described.

4:- In a gate or end post for fences, the combination with the upright, of a lengthwise-inclined brace pivotally connected to the top of the upright and having the bottom thereof suitably supported, a pulley journaled at the bottom of the brace, a doubled wire connected to the bottom of the upright and passing around the pulley at the bottom end of the brace, a drum-ratchet journaled in suitable bearings at the bottom of the upright and receiving the end of the wire, a block bearing against the post between the strands of the double wire, an anchor and a connection between the said block and the said anchor, as and for the purpose specified.

5. In a device of the class described, the combination with the upright, of an anchorplate pointed at the bottom and having crossshaped reinforcing-ribs secured to the plate and pointed at the bottom, and a wire connection between the top of the anchor and the bottom of the upright as and for the purpose specified.

6. The combination with the upright of the post and the side braces extending into the ground and suitably connected at the top to the top of the upright supporting the upright with its bottom free from the ground and the inclined longitudinal brace and anchor, of the connection between the anchor and the free bottom of the upright and the connection between the bottom of the longitudinal inclined brace and the bottom of the upright and means for adjusting the position of the bottom of the upright by lengthening or shortening the connection between it and the anchor as specified.

1 7. The combination with the upright of the post and the side braces extending into the ground and suitably connected at the top to the top of the upright supporting the upright with its bottom free from the ground the intween the bottom of the upright and the end clined longitudinal brace and the anchor, of of the longitudinal brace.

the connection between the anchor audthe ADOLPHUS HENRY COOK. bottom of the upright and the connection be- CHESTER ROBERT COOK.

5 tween the bottom of the longitudinal inclined WILLIAM HILLIARD HOOD.

brace and the upright and means for adj ust- Witnesses: ing the position of the top of the upright by B. BOYD,

lengthening or shortening the distance be- R. SHIELDS. 

